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title: "Käfer-Springspinne"
description: "Ballus chalybeius — Insekten & Spinnen. Ballus chalybeius is a jumping spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/oak-jumping-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Käfer-Springspinne

> Ballus chalybeius — Insekten & Spinnen. Ballus chalybeius is a jumping spider.

- Scientific name: *Ballus chalybeius*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2652
- Wikidata: [Q1758710](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1758710)
- iNaturalist taxon: [494177](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/494177)

## Names

- en: Oak Jumping Spider
- de: Käfer-Springspinne
- fr: Ballus des arbres
- nl: Eikenspringspin

## Countries with the most observations

FR (360), DE (355), GB (209), PL (153), AT (128), RU (122), NL (117), BE (69), ES (36), CH (32), UA (25), IT (21)

## Summary

Ballus chalybeius is a jumping spider. It is the type species of the genus Ballus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballus_chalybeius

## Photo

![Käfer-Springspinne](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/oak-jumping-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/119328581

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/oak-jumping-spider?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).